Adjustable mount
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1. A mount for the attachment of at least one sight to a rifle, said mount comprising:
- (a) a mounting stud adapted to be secured to the rifle, said mounting stud having a groove portion in part defined by a conical face and having a cylindrical surface on each side of said groove portion;
(b) a body portion having a first aperture sized and shaped so that the opposing walls of said first aperture engage said cylindrical surfaces on said mounting stud in the direction parallel to the axis of the rifle, but so that said body portion can move freely relative to said mounting stud in the direction transverse to the axis of the rifle; and
(c) a pair of opposed adjustment screws threaded through said body portion in the direction transverse to the axis of the rifle and extending into said first aperture, said pair of opposed adjustment screws engaging with opposite sides of said conical face of said mounting stud so that loosening of one of said pair of opposed adjustment screws and tightening of the other one of said pair of opposed adjustment screws will move said body portion in relation to said mounting stud in the direction transverse to the axis of the rifle, each one of said pair of opposed adjustment screws having a conical end face which engages with said conical face of said mounting stud so that, when said pair of adjustment screws are tightened, said body portion is drawn down onto the rifle.
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Abstract
A scope mount for a rifle has a mounting stud 23 which is held in position by the engagement of its lower conical face 25 with an aperture 30 in the mounting plate 10. The stud 23 has a groove 27 in part defined by an upper conical face 28. A clamp 14 is secured to the mounting stud 23 by adjustment screws 22, 22a which have conical end faces that engage the conical face 28 of the stud 23 to draw the clamp down onto the mounting plate. Recoil forces are transferred to the clamp 14 through the vertical faces of the central portion 26 and head 29 of the stud 23 which engage the wall of the aperture 20 in the boss 19 of the clamp 14.
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1. A mount for the attachment of at least one sight to a rifle, said mount comprising:
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(a) a mounting stud adapted to be secured to the rifle, said mounting stud having a groove portion in part defined by a conical face and having a cylindrical surface on each side of said groove portion; (b) a body portion having a first aperture sized and shaped so that the opposing walls of said first aperture engage said cylindrical surfaces on said mounting stud in the direction parallel to the axis of the rifle, but so that said body portion can move freely relative to said mounting stud in the direction transverse to the axis of the rifle; and (c) a pair of opposed adjustment screws threaded through said body portion in the direction transverse to the axis of the rifle and extending into said first aperture, said pair of opposed adjustment screws engaging with opposite sides of said conical face of said mounting stud so that loosening of one of said pair of opposed adjustment screws and tightening of the other one of said pair of opposed adjustment screws will move said body portion in relation to said mounting stud in the direction transverse to the axis of the rifle, each one of said pair of opposed adjustment screws having a conical end face which engages with said conical face of said mounting stud so that, when said pair of adjustment screws are tightened, said body portion is drawn down onto the rifle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A mount for the attachment of at least one sight to a rifle, said mount comprising:
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(a) a mounting stud adapted to be secured to the rifle, said mounting stud having; (i) a cylindrical base; (ii) a conical mounting face concentric to and projecting integrally from said cylindrical base; (iii) a cylindrical central portion concentric to and projecting integrally from said conical mounting face; (iv) a cylindrical stem concentric to and projecting integrally from said cylindrical central portion; (v) a conical adjustment face concentric to and projecting integrally from said cylindrical stem; and (vi) a cylindrical head concentric to and and projecting integrally from said conical adjustment face; (b) a body portion having a first aperture sized and shaped so that opposing walls of said first aperture engage said cylindrical central portion and said cylindrical head on said mounting stud in the direction parallel to the axis of the rifle, but so that said body portion can move freely relative to said mounting stud in the direction transverse to the axis of the rifle; and (c) a pair of opposed adjustment screws having tapered end faces, said pair of opposed adjustment screws being threaded through said body portion in the direction transverse to the axis of the rifle and perpendicular to the axis of said mounting stud, said pair of opposed adjustment screws extending into said first aperture and said tapered end faces of said pair of opposed adjustment screws engaging with opposite sides of said conical adjustment face of said mounting stud, whereby; (d) when both of said pair of opposed adjustment screws are tightened against said conical adjustment face of said mounting stud, said body portion is drawn down onto the rifle and, (e) when one of said pair of opposed adjustment screws is loosened and the other one of said pair of opposed adjustment screws is correspondingly tightened, said body portion is moved relative to said mounting stud in the direction transverse to the axis of the rifle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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